Longmao Dub (A YouShouYan Manhua Dub) - Chapters 73-84
Project Overview
PLEASE NOTE: ONLY CASTING VA'S 18 OR OLDER
You Shou Yan (also known as Fabulous Beasts) is a Chinese manhua and donghua created and updated by Xue Xia Mao Yao Zi. It centers around a variety of mythical beasts living in the mountains of Yunnan in our current time period. With 1000+ chapters, and more still being released weekly, it introduces a large variety of characters, explores multiple time periods, and explores the lore of how the mythical beasts got where they are now!
I personally discovered You Shou Yan through the animated show, and have fallen in love with it since! In wanting to show that love, I have decided that I would like to do an english dub and voice-over of the manhua chapters! With such a massive cast of characters, I felt it was only appropriate to seek out more voice actors to help bring this wish to reality!
We are casting for Cycles 13 and 14 right now, which consists of chapters 73-84. What is a cycle? Here's how it works:
Scripts are written for one cycle of chapters, which is currently six chapters. These scripts will be written a few weeks before voice acting for the cycle is set to begin.
When scripts for a cycle are released, voice actors will have ten days to record their lines for the cycle.
The remaining four days will be spent editing the six chapters into shorts / videos, which will be released a few weeks later on YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Twitter/X, and BlueSky.
The reason behind a cycle being completed a few weeks before its release is to account for unforeseen situations or any potential delays. Not including the scriptwriting, a cycle will typically be completed within two weeks, or 14 days, and will account for two weeks worth of video releases. One on Monday, one on Wednesday, and one on Friday, all weekly.
As for how that relates to casting, there will be a new casting call every four weeks that will feature characters, whether main, secondary, tertiary, alternates, or just outright extras. These casting calls will account for the next two cycles worth of newly introduced characters and extras! It is designed this way so that newly casted VA's will not have to wait long to get started! The earlier of the two cycles would start their VA work within a week of the casting call completing, and the latter of the two cycles would start two and a half weeks after being cast.
How will these roles work for you?
There are four different types of roles, each that would cater to different availability types.
Main Characters are classified as characters that have appeared in over 150 chapters throughout the manhua! We are not casting for any main characters in this casting call.
Secondary Characters are classified as characters that have appeared in 20-149 chapters throughout the manhua! These characters can often be considered main characters in certain arc's of the manhua, but are not always on the screen. We are currently casting for one secondary character, Chugou, the hay dog! They do not have a defined gender, and you can reference their voice in the Donghua if you'd like!
Tertiary Characters are classified as characters that have appeared in 2-19 chapters throughout the manhua. This can mean many things - either they are recently introduced and on their way to becoming a secondary character, or they were really only important for a certain amount of chapters. This could even extend to a background character showing up more than once throughout the manhua. We are not casting for any Tertiary Characters in this casting call.
Extras are speaking roles that are likely only needed for one chapter, or maybe two. Once they have submitted their speaking lines, they are not needed to complete that role any longer.
Guidelines:
Please add your discord handle to your audition.
Audio quality should be high or decent, with minimal background noise.
This is a long-term project. If it kicks off, production may continue for months, or likely years. Please keep that in mind when considering whether to audition or not.
If you are cast, you are expected to join the discord server where production will occur.
Optional Guidelines:
You may apply for multiple character roles, though it is unlikely you will receive multiple roles, at least early on in the projects lifespan.
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As a secondary character, you are accepting that you may be needed in short bursts. With such a large cast of secondary characters, there may be bursts where you are important to the releases and needed frequently, as well as bursts where you are not needed for an extended period of time.
(Personality Source: https://youshouyan.miraheze.org/wiki/Chugou )
In their debut, Chugou had an easy-to-trigger bad temper. They are hotheaded, impatient, and easily frustrated, because of how they are born to be very unlucky. Due to their history being discarded by humans, their anger issues stem mostly towards them. Despite harboring innate hatred towards them, deep down, they simply desire to be loved by humans, finding ways to catch their attention.
Being a dog-based mythical beast, they also experience common dog habits, as well as an interest in dog-related activities, especially if those activities help them in impressing humans or other dogs. However, many of these habits and activities seem to end in difficulty or failure. In the Manhua, they are also a hopeless romantic, tending to easily fall in love with other dogs despite "difficulties", giving them unfortunate and/or failing results.
During the rare occasions that they do feel loved or happy, they can become immediately flustered, and would either sprout flowers on themselves or even literally start to fall apart (as negative emotions are what makes them up).
This character doesn't have a defined gender, and they go by any pronouns (he/him she/her they/them), with their being shifts in which pronouns are preferred dependent on the spot in the manhua.
Voice Example: https://youtu.be/yrOkg--DVRY?si=vErQe1HxKRGKm04d&t=88
- female young adult
(Angry/Disappointed) BAH! This scummy place! The quality of the hay I got is way too low! Didn't you say that the mystical hay wouldn't degrade? It took two days to weave on my body... and now I have a BIRD'S NEST in my stomach! The EGGS HATCHED, LOOK AT THIS!!!
(On-Edge/A Little Embarassed) ... Huh? Why do I smell something burning...? Did I catch on fire again...?
(Smug) Human pet magazines are so tasteless... I can't believe they like these stubby dogs with chubby butts. Pfft, I'm way cuter than those dogs.
This is an extra role. This role is one-off, appearing in maybe one or two manhua chapters. You will not be needed again after this role is fulfilled. Additionally, this extra role has so few lines that it is planned to use the direct auditions for the final video, and will be cast at the time of editing the specific chapter as opposed to beforehand. You will be contacted upon being chosen asking for crediting details, and will be offered an invite to the server if you wish to look into future roles.
Chapter: https://mangadex.org/chapter/f31c6a60-dc1a-4552-9643-831568b49ffc/1
- male young adult
- female young adult
- male adult
- female adult
(Panic) LORD PHOENIX, EMERGENCY!
(Panic/Heartbroken) SOME FIEND CUT DOWN ALL OF OUR PARASOL TREE BRANCHES!!!
This is an extra role. This role is one-off, appearing in maybe one or two manhua chapters. You will not be needed again after this role is fulfilled. Additionally, this extra role has so few lines that it is planned to use the direct auditions for the final video, and will be cast at the time of editing the specific chapter as opposed to beforehand. You will be contacted upon being chosen asking for crediting details, and will be offered an invite to the server if you wish to look into future roles.
Chapter: https://mangadex.org/chapter/440473b2-9b52-4361-8e9f-7f447806b680/1
- male adult
- Interviewer
- male young adult
- female young adult
- female adult
- Interview
(Interviewing) Word is that Lord Phoenix only eats bamboo rice. Is this true? You never eat anything else?
This is an extra role. This role is one-off, appearing in maybe one or two manhua chapters. You will not be needed again after this role is fulfilled. Additionally, this extra role has so few lines that it is planned to use the direct auditions for the final video, and will be cast at the time of editing the specific chapter as opposed to beforehand. You will be contacted upon being chosen asking for crediting details, and will be offered an invite to the server if you wish to look into future roles.
Chapter: https://mangadex.org/chapter/440473b2-9b52-4361-8e9f-7f447806b680/1
- female adult
- male young adult
- male adult
- female young adult
(Begging) We’ve found some mixed grains...
(Begging) Lord Phoenix, please try some!
(Begging) Lord Phoenix won’t eat! He’s starving himself to death! Doctor, please save him!
This is an extra role. This role is one-off, appearing in maybe one or two manhua chapters. You will not be needed again after this role is fulfilled. Additionally, this extra role has so few lines that it is planned to use the direct auditions for the final video, and will be cast at the time of editing the specific chapter as opposed to beforehand. You will be contacted upon being chosen asking for crediting details, and will be offered an invite to the server if you wish to look into future roles.
Chapter: https://mangadex.org/chapter/57f841b4-4469-4ee9-881f-a7bea56e17b9/1
- male adult
- female adult
- female young adult
- male young adult
(Insulting) Pfft, that hay dog made himself look like some lame corgi-chimera mix, hahaha~
(Disgusted) Ew, so weird. Don’t look at it, let’s go.
This is an extra role. This role is one-off, appearing in maybe one or two manhua chapters. You will not be needed again after this role is fulfilled. Additionally, this extra role has so few lines that it is planned to use the direct auditions for the final video, and will be cast at the time of editing the specific chapter as opposed to beforehand. You will be contacted upon being chosen asking for crediting details, and will be offered an invite to the server if you wish to look into future roles.
Chapter: https://mangadex.org/chapter/3c236059-50df-4924-8268-ab8289679a66/1
- female adult
- male adult
- male young adult
- female young adult
(Needing Help) Mr. Tuye, there’s a spot we can’t dig through, can you come take a look?
(Businessy) Mr. Tuye, we’ve got a few more documents for review.
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